Field's Folly, Nantucket, Massachusetts, H-2143

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1939

GUSN

GUSN-380036

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Description

The image depicts "Field's Folly" in Nantucket, Massachusetts. It shows a wooden building with a shingled exterior and a round water tower structure on its roof. The building is surrounded by a picket fence and there is a tall utility pole nearby. The setting includes grass and a few trees in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
residential structures
exterior views
historic houses
mills (buildings)
fences
utility poles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP009583
Halliday negative H-2143

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s

Reference Code

PC027.001.001.054.H-2143

Places

Nantucket (Nantucket Island, Nantucket county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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